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• Antje Martens, Hallum († 1858)
• Atje Gerrits, Woudsend, Wymbritseradeel, Fr, Nederland
• Adriana Lazeroms, Hoeven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1858)
• Antje Martens Engbrenghof, Hallum († 1870)
• Antonius Bergmans, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Waltherus van Kerkoerle, Zaltbommel
• Antje Engbrenghof, Hallum, Friesland, Nederland
• Allardus Hijlkes Feenstra, Oudega (Small.) († 1806)
• Benjamin King, 1665929, Hampshire, England († 1851)
• Arnoldus Willems van Erp, Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Anna Maria Natalia Waeyaert (54), Woumen
• Geertruijd Oosterbaan Martinius (0), Harderwijk
• HEINRICH NIEDER (1), Glogowatz/Arad
• Gaspard Le Compasseur de Courtivron (70), Courtivron, Côte-d'Or, France
• Jacobus Vercruyssen (66), Munte,Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen,Flanders,Belgique
• Gaspard Le Compasseur de Créquy-Montfort Markgraaf van Courtivron (70)
• Geertruijd Oosterbaan Martinius (0), Harderwijk
• Hombroukx - Hombroux (2), Attenhoven
• Jacobus van Meel, Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jan Theunisz Mourick (65), Tienhoven

• 1759 » Louis François Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician and academic († 1803)
• 1768 » Francisco José de Caldas, Colombian naturalist, executed by royalists in the war of independence († 1816)
• 1787 » François Guizot, French historian and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of France († 1874)
• 1793 » Charles Pearson, English lawyer and politician († 1862)
• 1807 » Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Canada East († 1864)
• 1814 » Jean-François Millet, French painter and educator († 1875)
• 1822 » Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States († 1893)
• 1835 » Jenny Twitchell Kempton, American opera singer and educator († 1921)
• 1836 » Juliette Adam, French author († 1936)
• 1837 » Auguste-Réal Angers, Canadian judge and politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec († 1919)

• 1743 » John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish commander and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Surrey (b. 1678)
• 1749 » Baron Franz von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (b. 1711)
• 1821 » John Rennie the Elder, Scottish engineer, designed the Waterloo Bridge (b. 1761)
• 1827 » Grigorios Zalykis, Greek-French lexicographer and scholar (b. 1785)
• 1851 » Manuel Godoy, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1767)
• 1852 » James Whitcomb, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Indiana (b. 1795)
• 1859 » Karl Baedeker, German publisher, founded Baedeker (b. 1801)
• 1864 » Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strongman (b. 1802)
• 1867 » Francis Xavier Seelos, German-American priest and missionary (b. 1819)
• 1871 » Sarel Cilliers, South African spiritual leader and preacher (b. 1801)

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• January 7 » Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.
• January 20 » Invading Siamese forces attempt to exploit the political chaos in Vietnam, but are ambushed and annihilated at the Mekong river by the Tây Sơn in the Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút.
• January 27 » The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
• November 28 » The first Treaty of Hopewell is signed, by which the United States acknowledges Cherokee lands in what is now East Tennessee.

The temperature on October 4, 1785 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: omtrent helder.